Guest Kotzenjunge Report post Posted February 16, 2003 Billy Gunn/Benoit fucked up tilt-a-whirl, Armageddon 2000 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bravesfan Report post Posted February 16, 2003 You also can't forget Taker botching The Last Ride on Regal, Test, and Flair. Any dates of these occurances? How badly botched were these? EDIT: Thanks NSW. Out of those 3, the Flair incident was the only one I've seen. It was more of a "blown" spot (bad set-up to the move) than a "botched" spot (actual move is botched, resulting in injury, etc.), so I just ignored it for the most part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NoSelfWorth Report post Posted February 16, 2003 The Flair one was at WrestleMania last year. The Test one was during the Invasion. The Regal one was during 2000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BobBacklundRules Report post Posted February 16, 2003 If you watch the TLC match from Raw, Bubba does the helicopter spot with the ladder on his shoulders, he hits Christian in the back of the head and Christian takes a back bump. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J.B. Buzzkill 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2003 You also can't forget Taker botching The Last Ride on Regal, Test, and Flair. He botched it on The Rock too and almost Gansobombed him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest eiker_ir Report post Posted February 16, 2003 i think the Jericho Shooting Star Press was him just practicing and trying to do the move, not in an actual match Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mr. Adam Report post Posted February 17, 2003 The Ric Flair 'botched' Last Ride was just a way to set up for the Tombstone piledriver. If you look closely, Taker has the momentum to bring him up for it. He deliberatly stops short. My favourite botched spot was Rico shouting out to Jeff Hardy during SS 2002. "Come on Jeff, god damnit!" Too funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted February 17, 2003 Any smarter-than-Laz fans here know of a match where a spot was intentionally blown (not to SHOW the psychology of the match, but to be PART of the psychology)? Misawa/Kobashi 1/97 Misawa's been getting his arm chewed up and spat out by KK, goes for a German suplex, and barely gets any of it at all, making it look very very bad. He then immediately grabs his arm and shows the whole crowd exactly why that happened. Not sure if that totally counts, but it was a move that intentionally looked bad to further the psych. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest deadbeater Report post Posted February 17, 2003 I like the way Molly 'messes' up spots; she sometimes make moves too close to the ropes, but she, by using them, 'inadvertently' make a move look even nastier, even though she is one of the safest workers around. Oh, and the way she corrects moves done to her while she is mid-air. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DragonflyKid Report post Posted February 17, 2003 Misawa/Kobashi 1/97 Misawa's been getting his arm chewed up and spat out by KK, goes for a German suplex, and barely gets any of it at all, making it look very very bad. He then immediately grabs his arm and shows the whole crowd exactly why that happened. Not sure if that totally counts, but it was a move that intentionally looked bad to further the psych. I'm pretty sure it was intentional and not a blown spot, it's the same way Kawada went for a powerbomb in the 12/3/93 match but collapsed because of his "injured" knee. The spots only look bad out of context, in context both further the work that was being done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Human Fly Report post Posted February 17, 2003 Test getting stuck in the ropes at 'Mania and Saturn trying to help him out while "beating him up" Anytime someone has to wait a really long time outside of the ring and make it look like he's woozy so the guy on the inside can set up his leap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dace59 Report post Posted February 17, 2003 It was Eddie, not Saturn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mad Dog Report post Posted February 17, 2003 The Undertaker botched Last Ride on Test was pretty scarey. That was the one where Taker fell back into the ropes and almost lost Test over the ropes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Human Fly Report post Posted February 17, 2003 It was Eddie, not Saturn. Saturn was on the outside of the ring and tried to help him out of the ropes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dace59 Report post Posted February 17, 2003 Are we thinking of the same thing. As far as my memory goes, there was just Test, Eddie and the ref. And when Eddie went outside to pull Test out, he slipped of the apron. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Human Fly Report post Posted February 17, 2003 I'm thinking of Saturn trying to help Test out of the ropes and doing these weak blows to try and make it look like he was attacking him. If I remember correctly Eddie did something like slipping or crotching himself to distract the ref so Saturn's "interference" wouldn't get him dqed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mad Dog Report post Posted February 18, 2003 Eddie tripped coming out of the ropes that match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Stunt Granny Report post Posted February 18, 2003 Was the spot from Fully Loaded 2000 where Rock tries to powerbomb Benoit, but Benoit's momentum carries over and he's dropped into the ropes planned or not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted February 18, 2003 After watching Jeff Hardy/HBK vs. Jericho/Christian tonight, I wonder... How fun would Sabu vs. Jeff Hardy be to watch, if only to count all the blown spots? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MillenniumMan831 Report post Posted February 18, 2003 Well geez, some of us only have twenty fingers and toes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JHawk Report post Posted February 18, 2003 Ground Zero (9/7/97): Savio Vega goes to give Faarooq a swinging neckbreaker, and Faarooq spins the wrong way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted February 18, 2003 I guarantee saturn helped test out of the ropes in the WM match, I think they may have edited it out on the dvd but you know, I watch his every move. Trust me. The hhh/steiner 'match' at the rumble featured the worst beltshot this side of motegi, and an, ahem, 'Powerbomb'. At least that was the intention. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Stunt Granny Report post Posted February 19, 2003 Not really what you'd call a blown spot, but in the ME of 'mania 17 the Rock rolls onto the announce table and it kinda just falls apart like a house of cards. Really showed fans how solid those tables are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Reverb Report post Posted February 20, 2003 The Test one was during the Invasion. October 18th, 2001 to be precise. I saw that fuck-up live from the Molson Centre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted February 20, 2003 Misawa/Kobashi 1/97 Misawa's been getting his arm chewed up and spat out by KK, goes for a German suplex, and barely gets any of it at all, making it look very very bad. He then immediately grabs his arm and shows the whole crowd exactly why that happened. Not sure if that totally counts, but it was a move that intentionally looked bad to further the psych. I'm pretty sure it was intentional and not a blown spot, it's the same way Kawada went for a powerbomb in the 12/3/93 match but collapsed because of his "injured" knee. The spots only look bad out of context, in context both further the work that was being done. I know it was intentional, that was the point I was making. They intentionally made a move look bad/blown to further the psych. Someone asked if that had ever been done, earlier in the thread. I can't say anything bad about 1/97. It's easily my favorite AJ match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
